A substantial number of girls and young women engaged in transactional sex, often with much older working partners. Add to My Bibliography. Kisumu has shown a rising HIV prevalence over the past sentinel surveillance surveys, and most new infections are occurring among youth.

Please review our privacy policy. Supplemental Content Full text links. We conducted a qualitative study to explore risk situations that can explain the high HIV prevalence among youth in Kisumu town, Kenya.

Generate a file for use with external citation management software. Condom use was irregular during all types of sexual encounters. Supplemental Content Full text links.

Forced sex, gang rape and multiple concurrent relationships characterised the sexual encounters of youth, frequently facilitated by the abuse of alcohol, which is available for minors at low cost in local brew dens. Add to My Bibliography. Girls should be empowered how to negotiate safe sex, and their poverty should be addressed through income-generating activities.

Supplemental Content Full text links. These places should be regulated and monitored by the government. Condom use was irregular during all types of sexual encounters. We conducted a qualitative study to explore risk situations that can explain the high HIV prevalence among youth in Kisumu town, Kenya.

Kisumu has shown a rising HIV prevalence over the past sentinel surveillance surveys, and most new infections are occurring among youth.

Please review our privacy policy. Young men should be targeted in prevention activities, to change their attitudes related to power and control in relationships. Porn video shows and local brew dens were identified as popular events where unprotected multipartner, concurrent, coerced and transactional sex occurs between adolescents.

Girls should be empowered how to negotiate safe sex, and their poverty should be addressed through income-generating activities. We conducted in-depth interviews with 150 adolescents aged 15 to 20, held 4 focus group discussions, and made 48 observations at places where youth spend their free time.

Kisumu has shown a rising HIV prevalence over the past sentinel surveillance surveys, and most new infections are occurring among youth. A substantial number of girls and young women engaged in transactional sex, often with much older working partners. Our study strongly points to female vulnerabilities and the role of men in perpetuating the local epidemic.

Young men should be targeted in prevention activities, to change their attitudes related to power and control in relationships. Condom use was irregular during all types of sexual encounters. Supplemental Content Full text links.

Generate a file for use with external citation management software. Forced sex, gang rape and multiple concurrent relationships characterised the sexual encounters of youth, frequently facilitated by the abuse of alcohol, which is available for minors at low cost in local brew dens.

These places should be regulated and monitored by the government.

Forced sex, gang rape and multiple concurrent relationships characterised the sexual encounters of youth, frequently facilitated by the abuse of alcohol, which is available for minors at low cost in local brew dens. Our study strongly points to female vulnerabilities and the role of men in perpetuating the local epidemic.

Add to My Bibliography. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Supplemental Content Full text links. Forced sex, gang rape and multiple concurrent relationships characterised the sexual encounters of youth, frequently facilitated by the abuse of alcohol, which is available for minors at low cost in local brew dens.

In Kisumu, local brew dens and porn video halls facilitate risky sexual encounters between youth. Generate a file for use with external citation management software. Supplemental Content Full text links. These places should be regulated and monitored by the government.

Add to My Bibliography. A substantial number of girls and young women engaged in transactional sex, often with much older working partners.

We conducted a qualitative study to explore risk situations that can explain the high HIV prevalence among youth in Kisumu town, Kenya. Add to My Bibliography. The desire for love and sexual pleasure also contributed to their multiple concurrent partnerships.

Video halls - rooms with a TV and VCR - often show pornography at night for a very small fee, and minors are allowed. Kisumu has shown a rising HIV prevalence over the past sentinel surveillance surveys, and most new infections are occurring among youth.

A substantial number of girls and young women engaged in transactional sex, often with much older working partners. Forced sex, gang rape and multiple concurrent relationships characterised the sexual encounters of youth, frequently facilitated by the abuse of alcohol, which is available for minors at low cost in local brew dens.

Young men should be targeted in prevention activities, to change their attitudes related to power and control in relationships. In Kisumu, local brew dens and porn video halls facilitate risky sexual encounters between youth. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U.

Add to My Bibliography. We conducted in-depth interviews with 150 adolescents aged 15 to 20, held 4 focus group discussions, and made 48 observations at places where youth spend their free time.